Damian Priest just revealed some original plans for The Judgment Day, so we’ll see
what he had to say.
Alexa Bliss has also been all over headlines this week with her comments on Lilly’s origins
and taking a shot at an AEW champion, so we’ll see what’s going on there as well
Let’s start things off with Damian Priest and the original plans for The Judgment Day
Just a few days before Wrestlemania, it was reported that individuals within WWE creative
was pushing for Edge to lead his own heel faction on Raw
Well just a days later, that faction was officially jumping off at Wrestlemania itself
Damian Priest assisted Edge in his win over AJ Styles and pledged himself to Edge immediately
after that match.
And from there on, things got rolling
Edge came out to the ring and explained their mission and the type of members they were
looking for
Well now according to Damian Priest, there were a handful of original ideas and names
for the group that didn’t make the final cut
Damian Priest recently spoke with TV insider and revealed some of the earlier ideas for
the group, he had this to say, quote:
“We had a few ideas.
Edge refers to many of them in his promos because we liked all the names.
The Judgment seemed like what we are doing, which is judging.
Grand Jury was one of them.
The Saints of Fate; but ultimately, The Judgment Day felt right.
It also used to be a pay-per-view, so it’s a throwback as well.
We liked it a lot.
I’m glad it worked out,” end quote
So really interesting information from Damian Priest, the group was almost called The Judgment,
Grand Jury, or The Saints of Fate
But it was decided that they would go with the name they currently have, which is The
Judgment Day
Damian Priest also said that everything he said after his heel turn all came from reality.
He had this to say, quote:
“The best stories are when they come from reality.
I was frustrated.
I was doing what I was asked to do.
I was this overly babyface good guy coming out smiling, happy, saying all the right things.
It just didn’t click.
I was doing everything everyone wanted me to do.
That was real.
It still wasn’t there unless I was saving one of the fan favourites.
That’s when I was getting cheered.
There is part of that which is real, and I use.
I’m doing all this for me and with people that I admire and that I’m friends with.
I’m more comfortable now than I’ve been since joining the Raw roster.”
End quote
So everything Damian Priest said came from the heart, he was tired of smiling all the
time and only getting cheered when he saved another fan favorite superstar
So he absolutely loved the character change for himself and it was something that he wanted
for a long time
The bad news for Damian Priest is that he no longer gets to work alongside Edge because
Edge has now exited the group
So Edge’s exit, especially with how soon it happened, definitely hurts
It would’ve been nice to see what Edge and Damian Priest would’ve been able to do together
if they had more time together
But either way, The Judgment Day isn’t over yet, so Damian Priest still has a chance continue
this heel run and everything that he wanted to accomplish with the original Judgment Day
There’s also come conversation amongst the fans about who exactly is the new leader of
The Judgment Day.
Is it Finn Balor or Damian Priest?
Damian Priest played a huge role by being the first individual to put hands on Edge,
but it would appear that Finn Balor is the new leader and was the brains behind the attack
on Edge
So Damian Priest’s position still hasn’t changed, he’s still right there and available
for whatever mission Finn Balor sends him on
Hopefully, The Judgment Day can stay on track with theIt new leader Finn Balor
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It’s been a busy week for Alexa Bliss news outside of the ring
One of those few stories was a tweet from Alexa Bliss that called out AEW TBS champion,
Jade Cargill
Former WWE superstar Ember Moon, who now goes by Athena, is just at the very start of a
feud with Jade Cargill in AEW
The two of them have been going back and forth on Twitter, some WWE superstars names were
even brought into the entire back and forth argument
Alexa Bliss sub-tweeted Jade and by saying this on Twitter, quote:
“I’d love to get mad at someone who’s coming after my bestie… but I’m still
trying to figure out who the heck they even are?”
End quote
Alexa tagged only Athena and posted a gif that red “who is she?”, with the “she”
obviously referring to Jade Cargill
So just a nice little interaction between a current WWE superstar sticking up for her
best friend who’s now in a heated feud over at AEW
That wasn’t the only big Alexa story of the week, she also spoke with WWE Deutschland
and revealed that everything about Lilly was her own idea, and how Jason Baker, who worked
closely with Bray Wyatt for all the firefly funhouse props, was also the same individual
behind the doll
Alexa had this to say, quote:
“I had texted Jason and I was saying, ‘I really want a doll to interact with’ and
he was like, ‘A doll?’
I said, ‘Yeah.
I want a doll’ and I was like, ‘I want it to look like someone scribbled her, like
a child scribbled her on a piece of paper.
She just popped off the page.’
I was like, ‘Button eyes, 3D teeth, want it to kind of look like me but scary’ and
they came up with — they showed me Lilly and it was the most incredible thing I’ve
ever seen.”
End quote
So Lilly has been around for over a year, but this is the first Alexa has told this
story and made this reveal
The idea of Lilly and even the overall look of the doll was actually Alexa’s entire
vision that Jason Baker and WWE helped bring to life
Speaking of Lilly, what’s the latest on Lilly from a character point of view?
Well not much has changed at all since we last talked about Lilly
Lilly was a very impactful character to Alexa’s story in 2021, it was hard to ignore Lilly’s
presence because this doll was so involved in everything Alexa did
But 2022 Lilly is the complete opposite, now it’s easy to forget that Lilly is there
because the doll is an empty shell of what it used to be
Lilly in 2022 has no effect on Alexa’s overall character and persona, she’s pretty much
just a prop and Merchandise advertisement in current day WWE
Obviously, WWE can’t pull of the things they were doing with Lilly back in the days
of the Thunderdome, but it’s a bit insane to physically still see Lilly on WWE television,
but she’s literally just a prop now, she has no story or impact at all anymore
Again, it doesn’t have to be to the level of goofiness that we were seeing from Lilly
last year, like how she was “winking” during matches to distract opponents and all
of those other things that had the doll doing
That was a bit over the top on the goofy radar, but it would still be nice to see Lilly have
some sort of impact or story on the current Alexa Bliss
The therapy sessions sort of gave off the impression that Alexa will be pretty much
normal if she still keeps Lilly be her side
So an intriguing story route that they can take for Alexa is for her to somehow misplace
or lose Lilly
Maybe someone steals it from Alexa, takes it from her just to mess with Alexa
Then it’ll be interesting to see how that would impact Alexa’s persona
Does she just get over it pretty fast or will she start heading down another path of insanity
until she gets Lilly back in her possession again?
So yeah, not asking for the over the top supernatural Lilly to come back, but it would be nice to
Lilly somehow involved with Alexa’s story once again
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